Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Mild (for January) temps will be with us today. Our average Twin Cities high temp is 23 degrees this time of year. MSP airport touched 33 degrees around midnight, and metro area temps will be in the upper 20s much of today.  Daytime highs will be in the 20s across most of Minnesota. Southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin will see some lower 30s. Saturday winds will be gusting over 20 mph at times in western Minnesota.

Scattered light snow showers are possible this Saturday in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. A few spots could also see a bit of freezing mist.

The northern half of Minnesota could see patchy light snow showers on Sunday. That chance of light snow showers spreads into southern Minnesota and the Twin Cities metro area by late Sunday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern Sunday through Sunday evening:

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Sunday highs will be in the 20s in most areas, but southwestern Minnesota may creep into the lower 30s:

Sunday afternoon wind gusts of 10-17 mph are expected in most areas, with gusts over 20 mph in southwestern Minnesota:

Plotted winds are in knots, with 12 knots equal to around 14 mph.

Back to temperatures, Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the mid 20s on Monday, then around 20 on Tuesday. Temps rebound after that, with highs in the lower 30s for Wednesday and Thursday. Friday will be cold, with a high in the middle teens.

We could see a stretch of cool weather from next weekend into the following week. The NWS Climate Prediction Center shows a tendency for below-normal temperatures from Jan. 23 through Jan. 29:

Our average temperature (average of all the daily high temps and low temps) this January is running 

 degrees warmer than normal in the Twin Cities. Duluth is running 

 degrees warmer than normal so far this month. International Falls is 

 degrees warmer than normal this January.  You might say that we’re all overdue for some chillier temps.

You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.

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It would be nice to have a sunny day…but that won’t happen this weekend. Along with the clouds, some areas could see some light snow. We have your weekend forecast details, plus a look at the week ahead.

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